Patrick Heron: career timeline

British · 1920–1999 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 78 of 90 lots (87% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Patrick Heron: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s22$73.6kSign upOil
1950s20—Lithograph
1960s76$24.4kSign upGouache
1970s5554$4.3kSign upScreenprint
1980s66$12.4kSign upGouache
1990s54$1.8kSign upEtching

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1940s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$73.6kSign up
Average
$73.6kSign up
Typical size
30.5 × 27 in (78 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Other (1)
Subjects
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1950s 2 works

Sold
0 of 2
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
12.5 × 11.5 in (32 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Boats (1)

1960s 7 works

Sold
6 of 7
Median
$24.4kSign up
Average
$21.2kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 13.5 in (50 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (3), Screenprint (2), Other (1)
Subjects
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1970s 55 works

Sold
54 of 55
Median
$4.3kSign up
Average
$5.4kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 31 in (60 × 79 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (43), Lithograph (5), Gouache (2)
Subjects
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1980s 6 works

Sold
6 of 6
Median
$12.4kSign up
Average
$12.3kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (4), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
—

1990s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 23 in (44 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Etching (4), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

12 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 4 works

Sold
2 of 4
Median
$153kSign up
Average
$153kSign up
Typical size
30 × 23.5 in (76 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Print (other) (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$3.8kSign up
Average
$6.5kSign up
Typical size
23 × 30.5 in (59 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Gouache (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold
3 of 4
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$52.2kSign up
Typical size
42.5 × 57 in (109 × 145 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (2), Oil (1), Etching (1)
Subjects
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Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Patrick Heron auction results →